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Do you think having a home library is a good idea?

One of the least predictable suggestions you make is for everyone to start a home library.We live in the kind of society where we don’t have teachers. Not teachers in the school sense [but teachers of tasks that could help us become self-sufficient]. Do you know how to split wood? Can you put food in a jar and make it safe to eat? Do you know how to sew clothes? Can you butcher an animal? We need to make sure we have that kind of information somewhere.

We have a huge library of books. My husband or myself can do all of the things listed - I can sew and can food, my husband knows how to butcher several different animals and can split wood. We grew up in a fairly rural area, but I am definitely making sure my kids know how to do those things as well - canning food saves me tons of money!

hey, that's a good point... we had to go without power for 5 days here in AL and a lot of my neighbors had to leave town because they had no idea how to cook over a fire or anything.
I've taught myself how to garden and can/preserve, learning how to sew... I think I should learn how to field dress and butcher a deer